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m d n

23 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular𐡀 tg. Jon. Judg 8:10
Themes:east·4eastern·3asia·3city· مَدِينَة · עִיר·3medina·3
POS shape:noun·12name·6adj·3verb·2

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*m-d-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚𐎎 𐎄 𐎐town
Canaanite
Hebrewיוֹם הַדִּיןמ ד נYom HaDin
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמדנחאמ ד נeast
Syriacܡܕܢܐܡ ܕ ܢwine cellar, storeroom
Assyrian NAܡܲܕܵܢܵܐܡ ܕ ܢwinery
Arabic
Arabicتَمَدُّنم د نverbal noun of تَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana) (form V)
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመዲናመ ደ ነMedina
Amharicማደንመ ደ ነto hunt

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma
  • mdntnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    town
    Compare Hebrew מְדִינָה (məḏīnā), Aramaic מְדִינְתָא (məḏīnəṯā), Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 1 lemma

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • maddānānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    wine cellar, storeroom
    Uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1 derivation
  • maydānnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    stadium, arena
    From Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), an Iranian borrowing.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • maddānānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    winery
    Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from either Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “measure of capacity, container”) or Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/⁠dannu⁠/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).
    1 derivation
  • maḏnaḥnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    construct state of ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā, “east”)
  • madnḥāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    eastern, oriental
    From ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā, “east”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
  • madnḥāyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    easterner
    From ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā, “east”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
  • madnḥāyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Eastern Syriac script
    From ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā, “east”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
  • maḏnaḥmiṣˁāyāadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    Middle Eastern
  • Mādnāḳ TīmornameinferredWiktionary ↗
    East Timor: a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
    From ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (mādenḳa, “east”) + ܬܝܼܡܘܿܪ (tīmor, “Timor”).
  • maḏnḥā miṣˁāyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)
    Calque of English Middle East

Hebrew

he · 1 lemma

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • tamaddunnounattested☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    verbal noun of تَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana) (form V)
  • madīnanounattested☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    town, city
    Borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā). Cognate with Hebrew מדינה (məḏînâ, “state”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚 (mdnt). The root م د ن (m d n) is denominal.
    4 derivations
  • al-madīnanameattested☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
    Etymology tree
    1 derivation
  • al-madīnanounattested☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    definite singular of مَدِينَة (madīna)
    Etymology tree
  • mudunnouninferred☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    plural of مَدِينَة (madīna)
  • tamaddanaverbinferred☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    to become urbanized
  • madaniyyadjinferred☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    urban
    مَدِينَة (madīna, “city”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
  • madaniyynouninferred☪︎ Q.7:111Wiktionary ↗
    urbanite, city dweller
    مَدِينَة (madīna, “city”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma

Amharic

am · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with m-d-n

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